1300 Massachusetts Avenue NW #304

DeSoto Dreamin’

Are you dreaming? Three floors above 13th Street and Massachusetts Avenue in Unit 304, it may feel as though you’ve entered a residential reverie. The bustling city below seems to slip away as sunlight streams through the windows, dappled by tree branches, kissing the warm wood floors. The mood is enchanting. Then again, with its large eat-in kitchen of stainless-steel appliances and gas stove, this generously proportioned home is also practical. The playful and practical marry beautifully in your rustically tiled walk-in shower, all aglow thanks to a striking window of glass brick. You check the price again, and now you’re certain you’re dreaming. No, you’re simply home at The DeSoto, your dream come true.

Approx. 915 sq. ft.

Warm Wood Floors

High Ceilings

Large Eat-In Kitchen with Gas

Gorgeous Bay Window

Walk-In Shower with Bench and Glass Brick

Unbeatable Downtown/Thomas Circle Location

No Underlying Mortgage

Co-op Fee: $835.88/mo. (incl. RE taxes)

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1300 Massachusetts Avenue NW #304

About the neighborhood

Thomas Circle is a traffic circle in Northwest Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue NW, Vermont Avenue NW, 14th Street NW, and M Street NW. It is named for George Henry Thomas, a Union Army general in the American Civil War. Thomas Circle was constructed as a traffic circle as part of the original L’Enfant Plan for the District of Columbia. The circle was named for American Civil War General George Henry Thomas. A horse-drawn railway installed around the Circle in the mid-1860s led to the development to the north. Paved roads and sewers soon followed, and the area quickly attracted wealthy residents. Luther Place Memorial Church was built in 1874. In December 1938, construction began on a $680,000 tunnel that would allow Massachusetts Avenue through-traffic to pass under the circle. This underpass opened on March 14, 1940. North-South running through-traffic lanes cutting through the center of the circle were added to improve traffic flow.

In October 2006, the D.C. Department of Transportation completed a 2.5-year, $6 million reconstruction of the Thomas Circle. The project included the addition of bike lanes, pedestrian crosswalks mid-circle (which hadn’t previously existed), new in-circle traffic lights, better street lighting, and new sidewalks and landscaping. The biggest change, however, came with the elimination of the 14th Street through-lanes. The circle was restored to its original design according to the L’Enfant Plan, which allowed for a larger landscaped area inside the circle. The rehabilitation of Thomas Circle won an Honorable Mention in the “Historic Preservation” category of the Federal Highway Administration’s Excellence in Highway Design awards for 2006. As of the start of the 21st century, Thomas Circle is adjacent to the southern boundary of the Greater 14th Street and Logan Circle Historic District. The circle marks the boundary between “downtown 14th Street” and the “uptown 14th Street”, the latter of which is a rapidly gentrifying gay neighborhood within the city. D.C. city officials now consider Thomas Circle to be a “gateway” to the Logan Circle, Shaw, and the U Street Corridor neighborhoods. In April 2014, Thomas Circle became the eastern terminus of the M Street Cycle Track. This 1.4 miles, west-bound only bicycling lane extends to 28th Street NW.